Fish lure



Sept. 21, 1948- 1. R. HUBBARD FISH LURE Filed Aug. 9, 1945 5 ,l. I w M IRVIN R. HUBBARD Patented Sept. 21, 1 948 v .:2,449,700- FISH LURE.

Irvin R. Hubbard, Beaver Dam, Wis., assignor, by

decree of court, to Harriette E. Hubbard Application August 9', 1943, Serial No. 497,987

This invention relates generally to the class of fishing and trapping and pertains particularly to improvements in artificial lures.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a new and novel type of surface lure which is designed to create an intermittent popping sound as it is drawn over the surface of the water and which is so designed that in addition to forming the stated popping sound it will leave the water smoothly and without creating an unnecessary amount of drag on the fishing line to which it is attached, by reason of the retention of Claims. (01.43 46 water in the hollow or depressed face thereof,

Another object of the invention is to provide anew and novel type of surface lure of Weedless form, without the employment of the usual wires which are employed for fending weeds away from the hooks, in the usual type of Weedless lure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a Weedless surface lure having a group of relatively stiff bristles, or a brush of bristles, extending downwardly therefrom to function in fending olfweeds and causing the lure andthe trailing hooks to ride over the weeds or other floating matter in the water whereby the hookscan be repeatedly cast and retrieved in water having thick vegetation growing therein, without becoming fouled.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings; with the understanding that minor changes may be made in the construction of the device so long as such minor changes do not depart from the spirit of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of the unfinished body of the lure showing thehook and Weed guard attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a partial section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 Figure: 4 is a view in side elevation of the lure in its complete or final form.

Figure 5 is a view illustrating the naturalposition of the lure on the surface of the water.

Figure 6 illustrates the position assumed by the lure when jerked forwardly.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings it will be seen upon reference to Figures 1 and 2 particularly that the body of the lure,

. 2 is of a length somewhat greater than its diam eter andis preferably substantially cylindrical through the front half of its length, being gradually tapered off to a rounded or slightly pointed tail, which tail portion is indicated generally by the numeral 2. This body I of the lure is formed of a suitable buoyant material such as minor the like and the front or forward end 3 is in a plane'perpendicular to the axis of the body as shown.

The forward face or front of the lure body is cutout or channeled from near the topofthe face downwardly and rearwardly, such channeled or hollowed face, which is indicated at 4, being substantially arcuate transversely as shown in Figure 3. l

By reason of the extension of the channeled portion 4 of the face downwardly and rearwardly as is clearly shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, through the body which is circular, the lower part of the forward end of the body is cut away transversely as indicated at 5. This cut out lure front portion 5 is slightly arcuateas shown and,

by forming a suitable longitudinal slit ll longitudinally of the body from the bottom or under side thereof and the shank of the hook is then inserted in this slit and the slit is suitably closed by means of glue or in any other suitable manner.

In accordance with the present invention the hook is placed in the slit so that the shank portion of the hook is disposed at anacute angle tothe longitudinal center of the body I, the rear end of the hook issuing from the rear end of the body at the longitudinal center of the body while the forward end of the hook extends from the body at the lower end or bottom of the channeled face 4. Also as is readily seen in Figure 1 the eye 8 of the hook is in the plane of or extends slightly below the bottom portion of the body and is disposed behind the plane of the face 3 in the cut out area 5. Thus when the body I is held horizontally the hook will extend upwardly and rearwardly at a sharp inclination but when the lure is floating on the surface of the water the forward end of the body will be raised and the point or barb of the hook will be well below the surface as shown in Figure 5.

In assembling the body of the lure there is applied to the shank of the hook just in front of the hump It a bunch or sheaf of relatively stiff bristles I2. The upper ends of the bristles are, of course, secured with the shank of the hook, in itheeslitz I hand the ebristleseprotrudea from theebottom .of the bodys: in- ,a. i,relatively 10 round or circular bunch or sheaf and extend downwardly a substantial distance, opening org-. flaring out slightly at their free ends as shown,,,, As will be readily apparent this sheaf of bristles-- is disposed directly in front of and in, theeVElh tical plane of the barbed tip orirpointge,gof th hook so that as the lure is drawn ,through the. water or along the surface of*the water -thebristles, which will be softened slightlmrafter; being soaked in the water, will curve backwardly H andi-franleafi or branch of,aip1ant ,orother ob ject. ;lies :in. the, p ath .of. the bristles. and. ,of the, pointgjo'f the hook, the bristles i ride, over, such obj.ect,-.q,being;. further bent rearwnrdlj toyvardsthe point .of =the hook, so as .to..sub'stane tiallyscoverm on-shield the DOint-and eatgthe. same time raising thei bodshof. the.,.lure so; that the] hook;. will. betmadetto ride .over. the. obstruction.

The tail haokleaisattaehed lin ai suitablemane, ner at the rounded rear end portion 2 ofmther. body wheregthershanklofw-the hookvemerges,,. and istgenerally designatedams Asjshownl the hacklei is preferably ofwsuitablessize to BHVGIOIJuthQzhQOkr; SQtthal'L-fiS thGduIle.lS (floating, on theiwaterwthe hookiwilllbe' substantially hidden:

The present improved lure has the features; ofsbein iblithelyeedless;@fon, all types of fishingaW-ithout employinggthetusual .wires for this purpose it sis.- =-l of materially, less.- Weight than t otheialures of; the sameetypei andtsize itis .easier 2- to;cast,;.and: more buoyant-than,zlureseof corree. spending ;Si;Z e.-;-t-, it will} :produce :more trsound .1014 popping ;-noise-when(,-jerked-.over;ithetsurface of the waters and; because-of ttheemanner -in.-, which. them-forward; end or face of) the lureyisrcut out it is much more easilypicked-up,beeauseewaterl. ingxthe hollow @face, is efreee .to now downwardly and,outwardly;therefrorm thereby,tproducing lesst strain on. the r-linevand rod;

By; the; use 2 of relatively ;stiff-. -,bristlessins thermannen'illustrated: ands describedtheewei-ght of metal buffers tori, guardsais-s eliminated without-a reducing; the eflioiency of; the, weed, fending yield: morerea-dily; than-steel? wires. whens the:. 55

wardly through the opposit'e end-bfttheibodyxata 7 0y substantially. the longitudinal-d: center. I of thee bodygsaidsz'shanki having .anreye atithe, forwarde (-Blilitlnv 1 2. A fishing lure as set forth in claim 1, in which the eye of the hooked shank lies behind the plane of the forward face of the lure body and is disposed substantially in the plane of the side of the body at the lower end of said channel.

3. A fishing lure as set forth in claim 1, having a weed deflecting means extending downwardly from the under side of the body of the lures-meat positionain advaneesof; spaced: from, andeiin the-vertical plane of the zpointof, the hook and comprising a single relatively long compact sheaf of relatively stiif bristles.

4. ,,A fishing lure comprising a relatively long substantially cylindrical body of buoyant ma- ,terialghaving-gaiiforward end face in a plane substantially;perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of p,the body and having the rear end of thebodytapered-off to a rounded point, said fqhwardr end face having a channel cut therein from a point adjacent the top of the body downwardly anddreanwardlyl to extendthrough the.-side of. ,thenbody, said .Zchanniel .being, ,tr'ans versely arcuate,. .the extension: of .the ..ch' anne,1:; dQwnwardly,F anoL rearwardly opening, the; sides of the ).channel adjacent its lower, end, ,and, as

hook v haying asshankflportion embeddedjinx body 4 of. the. 1ureeand extending from? the --fame. on. the channel at". its? lower end, obliquely; through the length .of- .the .body,.to emer e ilfoml the, rear ends. at substantially, the axial centem of. itherbody, the, point ofmthe .hbok-,being, downe. ward the (hook-i at its forward end,v havingan. eye, lying Q Within theflchannel. and behindaltlie. planetof theforwardendiace :of .the.body.,

5..-tA -fishing, lure. comprisingna :body ofnbuoyant material having a circular cross sectionrthrough}. the v=-,ma i-or-;- portion-(of. its r length and .itapfiring through; approximately ,half its -,length tona blunt, point,, the-410111 961156;.end-. 0fmthe body, from said-L blunt; point havin'ga ...surfaoe.;,transversely ,p,e r,-, pendiculan. to thei axis, 1a; hook, having a,-,shank.'

of: atlengthrereater thanztheilength-of thje body,

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